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(idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.

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Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
  • (of money as deposit) To pay.
  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
  • (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
  • (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
  • To write (something).
  • To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
  • To add a name to a list.
  • (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
  • (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
  • (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
  • (aviation, idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
  • (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
  • (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
  • (slang, US) To drink.
  • (obsolete, printing) To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ down.
  • [Noun]
  • Alternative spelling of put-down.

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